scholarly journals Recent volcanic events and the distribution of hydrothermal venting at the Lucky Strike hydrothermal field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Ondréas ◽  
M. Cannat ◽  
Y. Fouquet ◽  
A. Normand ◽  
P. M. Sarradin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrothermal Field ◽  
Lucky Strike ◽  
Volcanic Events ◽  
Mid Atlantic Ridge ◽  
Hydrothermal Venting

Geochemistry of a sediment push-core from the Lucky Strike hydrothermal field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

2008 ◽  
Vol 247 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 339-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Á.S. Dias ◽  
R.A. Mills ◽  
R.N. Taylor ◽  
P. Ferreira ◽  
F.J.A.S. Barriga
Keyword(s):  
Hydrothermal Field ◽  
Lucky Strike ◽  
Mid Atlantic Ridge

scholarly journals MoMAR-D: a technological challenge to monitor the dynamics of the Lucky Strike vent ecosystem

2010 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 416-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Colaço ◽  
J. Blandin ◽  
M. Cannat ◽  
T. Carval ◽  
V. Chavagnac ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Satellite Communication ◽  
Ecosystem Dynamics ◽  
Lucky Strike ◽  
Volcanic Events ◽  
Mid Atlantic Ridge ◽  
Technological Challenge ◽  
Set Up

Abstract Colaço, A., Blandin, J., Cannat, M., Carval, T., Chavagnac, V., Connelly, D., Fabian, M., Ghiron, S., Goslin, J., Miranda, J. M., Reverdin, G., Sarrazin, J., Waldmann, C., and Sarradin, M. 2011. MoMAR-D: a technological challenge to monitor the dynamics of the Lucky Strike vent ecosystem. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 416–424. The MoMAR (monitoring the Mid-Atlantic Ridge) project was initiated in 1998 by the InterRidge programme to promote and coordinate long-term multidisciplinary monitoring of hydrothermal vents at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). The major objective of the project is to study vent ecosystem dynamics using a multidisciplinary approach from geophysics to microbiology over a period of a few decades. MoMAR-D is a demonstration project of MoMAR, partially funded by the European network of excellence ESONET (http://www.esonet-noe.org/). MoMAR-D aims to deploy and manage a multidisciplinary observing system at the Lucky Strike vent field for 1 year. This large hydrothermal field is located at the centre of one of the most volcanically active segments of the MAR. The project has been set up to monitor this region to capture evidence of volcanic events, observe interactions between faulting, magmatism, and hydrothermal circulations, and to evaluate the potential impacts of these environmental factors on the unusual communities colonizing hydrothermal vents. The MoMAR-D infrastructure consists of two sea monitoring nodes (SEAMON) acoustically linked to a surface buoy with satellite communication to a land-based station. The first node will be mainly dedicated to geophysical studies, whereas the second will focus on ecological studies and chemical fluxes. The infrastructure should have been deployed in September 2010 during the MoMARSAT cruise.

scholarly journals Geochemical Fractions of Heavy Metals in Bottom Sediments of the Pobeda Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge (17°07′–17°08′ N)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Liudmila Demina ◽  
Irina Gablina ◽  
Olga Dara ◽  
Dmitry Budko ◽  
Nina Gorkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Total Content ◽  
Element Distribution ◽  
Hydrothermal Field ◽  
Residual Fraction ◽  
Carbonate Sediments ◽  
Metalliferous Sediments ◽  
Geochemical Fractions ◽  
Metalliferous Sediment ◽  
Fe And Mn ◽  
Mid Atlantic Ridge

We examined the distribution of Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, and Pb in one core of metalliferous, and one core of non-mineralized (background) carbonate sediments (located 69 km northwards), from the Pobeda hydrothermal field. Mechanisms of metal accumulation in sediments (12 samples) were evaluated based on sequential extraction of geochemical fractions, including mobile (exchangeable complex, authigenic Fe-Mn hydroxides, and sulfides), and lithogenic (fixed in crystalline lattices) forms. Maps of element distribution in sediment components were obtained using a scanning electron microscope equipped with an energy-dispersive spectrometry detector. In metalliferous sediments, according to X-ray diffraction data, the main Fe mineral phase was goethite FeOOH (37–44% on a carbonate-free basis). The contents of Fe and Mn reached 31.6 and 0.18%, respectively, whereas concentrations of Cu, Zn and Pb were 0.98, 0.36, and 0.059%. The coefficient of metal enrichment relative to background values varied from 16 to 125 times. The exception was Mn, for which no increased accumulation was recorded. Essential mass of Fe (up to 70% of total content) was represented by the residual fraction composed of crystallized goethite, aluminosilicates, the minerals derived from bedrock destruction processes. Among geochemically mobile fractions, 90–97% of total Fe was found in the form of authigenic oxyhydroxides. The same fraction was the predominant host for Mn in both metalliferous and background sediments (55–85%). A total of 40–96 % of Cd, Cu, Zn, and Pb were associated with these Fe and Mn fractions. The sulfide fraction amounted to roughly 10% of each metal. In metalliferous sediment core, the maximum concentrations of metals and their geochemically mobile fractions were recorded in deeper core intercepts, an observation that might be attributed to influence of hydrothermal diffused fluids. Our data suggested that metals are mostly accumulated in carbonate sediments in their contact zone with the underlying serpentinized basalts.

scholarly journals Microbial ecology of the newly discovered serpentinite-hosted Old City hydrothermal field (southwest Indian ridge)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurélien Lecoeuvre ◽  
Bénédicte Ménez ◽  
Mathilde Cannat ◽  
Valérie Chavagnac ◽  
Emmanuelle Gérard
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Ecology ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Southwest Indian Ridge ◽  
Hydrothermal Field ◽  
Metagenomic Sequencing ◽  
Lost City ◽  
Old City ◽  
Mid Atlantic Ridge ◽  
Indian Ridge ◽  
Geochemical Analyses

Abstract Lost City (mid-Atlantic ridge) is a unique oceanic hydrothermal field where carbonate-brucite chimneys are colonized by a single phylotype of archaeal Methanosarcinales, as well as sulfur- and methane-metabolizing bacteria. So far, only one submarine analog of Lost City has been characterized, the Prony Bay hydrothermal field (New Caledonia), which nonetheless shows more microbiological similarities with ecosystems associated with continental ophiolites. This study presents the microbial ecology of the ‘Lost City’-type Old City hydrothermal field, recently discovered along the southwest Indian ridge. Five carbonate-brucite chimneys were sampled and subjected to mineralogical and geochemical analyses, microimaging, as well as 16S rRNA-encoding gene and metagenomic sequencing. Dominant taxa and metabolisms vary between chimneys, in conjunction with the predicted redox state, while potential formate- and CO-metabolizing microorganisms as well as sulfur-metabolizing bacteria are always abundant. We hypothesize that the variable environmental conditions resulting from the slow and diffuse hydrothermal fluid discharge that currently characterizes Old City could lead to different microbial populations between chimneys that utilize CO and formate differently as carbon or electron sources. Old City discovery and this first description of its microbial ecology opens up attractive perspectives for understanding environmental factors shaping communities and metabolisms in oceanic serpentinite-hosted ecosystems.

scholarly journals High-resolution multibeam bathymetry of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 45–46° N: the Moytirra hydrothermal field

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-196
Author(s):  
Luis Somoza ◽  
Teresa Medialdea ◽  
Francisco J. González ◽  
Sara Machancoses ◽  
Jose A. Candón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Hydrothermal Field ◽  
Multibeam Bathymetry ◽  
Mid Atlantic Ridge
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